Mattress



Jan. 27, i925. 1524$282 E. J. BARCALO MATTRESS Filed May 17, lggg Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. BARCALO, 0F BUFFAL, NEW YORK.

MATTRESS.

` Application led May 17,

the present time, in which the filling is com.

posed of felted cottonV or cotton` batting.

One object of the invention is to so make thel mattress, that a desirable mattress, affording the maximum comfort, which will have long life and retain its resiliency and original shape, can be sold at a much lower Y price than mattresses of present, known constructions of equal co-mjfort andl desirability. Other objects of the invention are to .produce a mattress which is soft and comfortable, has great resilience', and will notIsag or acquire a depression in the middle portion thereof, as is so common, and in which the sides are prevented from bulging out` wardly and spoiling the original straightsided shape of the mattress; also to produce a mattress which has the recognized, soft, comfortable surface of the felted cotton mattress, and the resilience of a good quality hair mattress, but which can be produced and sold at less expense than a hair mattress; and also to improve mattresses in the other respects hereinafter described and set forth in the claim.

In the accom anying drawings Fig. 1 is a fan view partly in section, of a mattress em odying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section.

The tick or case 10 of the mattress can be made of any usual or suitable material and construction, having the usual straight, upright side and end walls or portions 11 and 12. The filling or stuffing 13 of the mattress consists of a main body of suitable material, preferably felted cotton in layers, and a resilient insert pad 14 which is of smaller dimensions than the mattress, and is secured in the middle portion of the main body of filling between the sides and ends of the mattress. This insert pad consists of suitable filling and a bag or envelope in which the filling is confined and retamed intact, and whic bag is anchored in the mattress so as 1922. serial No; 561,620.

to hold the insert pad securely in place centrally in the mattress. The usual tufting cords l5 of the mattress pass through the insert pad and assist in preventing it from shifting in the mattress, and the enclosing bag of the pad prevents the pad filling from pulling apart or spreading and thus destroying theefticiency of the pad. For the filling of the pad, a material having a greater resiliency than the main filling of the mattress is preferably employed, for instance, a goodrgrade of curled hair. The insert pad of this more resilient material increases the resiliency or elasticityof the mattress, ensures a springy, comfortable bed, and being normally compressed in the mattress, it tends to expand and press outwardly or hold up the ,middle portion of the mattress in its original shape, `preventing the fo-rmation of a4 depression which lessens the comfort of the mattress and spoils its appearance. In the preferred construction of the insert pad, it is formed in two sections or halves above and below a central ancho-ring strip of material 16, which extends from side to side of the mattress midway between the top and bottom thereof, and is secured to the opposite side walls or edges of the mattress, the two sections of the pad filling being enclosed on the opposite sides of this securing strip by separate pieces of material 17 and 18, stitched around their edges to the anchoring strip 16. In other words, the insert pad is in effect formed by two thin, enclosed or covered cushions above and below the central anchoring piece 16. By this construction there is a continuous piece of material 16 which extends straight through the pad from one side wall to the opposite side wall of the mattress so that when the center of the mattress is depressed by the weight thereon, this anchoring strip 16 tends to resist downward deflection and to pull inwardly on the side walls of the mattress, having the double effect of holding the insert pad up and opposing the depression of the upper surface of the mattress, and also of preventing the side walls of the mattress from bulging outwardly from the original, straight, upright shape thereof. As the insert pad is normally compressed in the mattress filling, it receives pressures through the u per parts of the mattress filling and distri utes these pressures through a relatively large area of the lower part of the resilient filling in the mattress, and at the other downwardly between the mattress illin i and the side walls of the tick, see Fig. 3. hese securing lla s are secured to the side walls of the tick y long stitching 20, such'V v'as is commonly employed in mattresses-for securing the edge portions 4of the `illing to the side'and endY walls of the tick.

These stitches extend through the side walls of the tick and the securing flaps 19, and

'pass upvor down through adjacent portions of the fillingA and then back again through the securing flaps and side walls without passing out through the top and bottom covering of the tlck, so that the rstitches are vnot exposed or seen at the top and bottom 'y of the mattress. In this way the securing stri posite edges of themattress, and the insert 16 is very securely fastened to the oppad is firmly held in place centrally in the mattress. By extending the anchoring strip 16 centrally through the insert pad so as to form asubstantially straight or taut connection between .the opposite side walls of the tick, as explained, the function of this member in retaining the mattress in shape, as explained, is much more pronounced and effective than would be securing pieces extending only from the edges of the insert pad to the edges of the mattress. This is for the reason that with the latter arrangement, the insert pad necessarilylattens or expands laterally somewhat under the weight on the mattress, and this would have a tendency to slacken the securing piece and permit the bulging of the sides'of the mattress, whereas by the construction shown, any depression of the insert pad by thc weight on the mattress places the anchoring piece 16 under greater tension and increases the inward pull on the side walls ofthe mattress tick. l

I claim as my invention:

In a mattress the combination with the enclosing case, and the filling, of ananchoring strip passing through the mattress filling between the to and bottom thereof from side to side of t e mattress and secured to the` opposite side edges of the mattress case, and an insert ad comprising two sections of resilient filllng material arranged above and below said anchoring piece and confined in containers connected to the top and bottom of said anchoring strip, said insert pad being arranged in the mattress between the sides 66 and ends thereof.

EDWARD J. Bancario. 

